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The Netway: Utilizing Cyberinfrastructure to Strengthen Evaluations
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| Presenter(s):
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| Jennifer Brown,
Cornell University,
jsb75@cornell.edu
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| Sarah Hertzog,
Cornell University,
smh77@cornell.edu
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| Claire Hebbard,
Cornell University,
cer17@cornell.edu
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| William Trochim,
Cornell University,
wmt1@cornell.edu
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| Abstract:
The Netway is a web-based cyberinfrastructure that was developed for and is being pilot tested in current research. It constitutes a central common platform that can be utilized in the planning and management of evaluations across the entire spectrum of programs and is a central tool in evaluation partnerships. The Netway enables practitioners to enter information about an educational program (inputs, assumptions, contextual issues, activities, outcomes) and its evaluation (questions, participants, measures, design, analysis, reporting) to create a logic model, pathway model, and an evaluation plan. The term “Netway” is derived from the phrase “networked pathway” and refers to the system of programs or projects that is common in educational initiatives. The Netway cyberinfrastructure is a creative incorporation of technology that fundamentally changes the nature of evaluation practice for both the evaluator and the practitioner. It has the potential to be a transformative mechanism for evaluation in the 21st century.
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Healthy Maine Partnerships: Using the Web-Based Knowledge-Based Information Technology© Prevention System to Monitor and Evaluate Coalition Activities Within the Context of the Minimum Common Program Objectives
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| Presenter(s):
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| Marco Andrade,
Maine Center for Public Health,
mandrade@mcph.org
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| Geoffrey Miller,
Maine Department of Health and Human Services,
geoff.miller@maine.gov
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| Pamela Bruno MacDonald,
Maine Center for Public Health,
pbrunomac@earthlink.net
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| Abstract:
The Healthy Maine Partnerships were established in 2001 using tobacco settlement funds to create a coordinated state-local prevention and health promotion services delivery system. In the spring of 2007, a new partnership was created in the development of a braided funding RFP to create a new Public Health Infrastructure. The result of this RFP was the creation of eight new public health districts and the funding of 28 coalitions covering the entire state.
The local coalitions use a comprehensive approach in implementing activities within their communities and are responsible for reporting their progress through a customized web-based monitoring tool called KIT© Prevention. This tool serves a dual purpose of informing the state partners of local comprehensive efforts across seven health promotion categories and for evaluating local efforts. The tool was customized in order to evaluate local activities within the context of the Minimum Common Program Objectives of eight state programs.
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